JR. I have lived here for 15 years-just 4 miles east of Winterset. I had the nerve to question the high yearly cost of our sewer sysgtem inspection. The lady in the office aid that she wished all the systems were outlawed so she wouldn"t have to keep up with the paperwork. Shortly thereafter I got a notice from the zoning guy that my pole barn was too close to the gravel road. I would have to pay a big fine or have it moved or torn down. I measured it like he told me to do and found it was 6 feet within limits. I asked him how he knew it was over the line and he said the lady from the sewer off drive by and reported that I had built a new barn too close to the road. She was sure it was too close....Well wasn"t. I won that battle but a month later the assesor reevaluated my house not because of the barn but because a county employee drove by and noticed I had added a "huge " deck to the east side of the house. He wanted to come buy and reevaluate my house based on this employee"s say so. I took picures and measurements of the new deck to his office. I verified that this "huge" deck was in fact 9X6 feet. He said to not worry he must have gotten some wrong information. I asked who the county employee was who turned me in. He wouldn"t tell me the name but when I asked if it was the sewer dept lady he abojut choked. I knew it was her and her spiteful ways. I was told by her office tha since I didn"t get a building permit when I built my barn I was being fined $150. I said it is a farm operation, at least 40 acres in size and therefore didn"t require a permit. She said it wasn"t a "real" farm and I had to pay. I paid the money and then attended the next supervisors meeting. I was told by the supervisors that in fact I did meet the requirements for a farm and should not have been charged the $150. I am still waiting formy refund. Madison County does not do anything to make things livable for anyone unless you are one of the old estabsished farmers. Then you can get by with anything. Just be careful. I"ll add my e-mail if you want to talk about this some more. skybow@L2speed.net
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